Greater Richmond's Logistics History

History and geography have positioned Greater Richmond, Virginia, at the nexus of the logistical and supply-chain revolution of the 21st century. Since 1607, Virginia has always been an early adopter of new forms of transportation: developing its plantation economy around abundant waterways, constructing the Kanawha-Haxall Canal into the interior, building railroads at the earliest stages of industrialization, and later, installing the interstate highway system, world-class airports and unparalleled seaport facilities.

Today, the digital broadband and wireless communication networks lacing the state are paving the way for future forms of commerce.

Greater Richmond leads the transformation of the logistics industry through the application of information technology and the telecommunication industry. Our companies are devising new ways to identify, track, record, monitor, and analyze movement of goods and materials.

Understanding the past and committing to the future make Greater Richmond and the Commonwealth of Virginia experienced partners on which new and existing business can depend. The information that follows demonstrates how Greater Richmond is actively engaged in this economic transformation.

A Strategic Logistics Opportunity: The Greater Richmond Metro area ranks 33 out of 331 metro areas as a center for logistics operations…. 

Specialty Handling Expertise: GD Package Machinery, Blueprint Automation, Flexicell, Rockwell Automation, Agility Healthcare Solutions, Captech Ventures….

Workforce... Workforce, Training, Labor-Management Relations

Greater Richmond's Distribution & Logistics Cluster

Greater Richmond's Military Logistics Facilities

About the Greater Richmond Partnership

About Greater Richmond Logistics

Greater Richmond Logistics, a quarterly website/newsletter supported by the Greater Richmond Partnership, tracks new logistics-related technologies, products and businesses originating from the Richmond region. The publication has two goals:  

1.   To promote the building of new business relationships and foster an exchange of ideas within the region that will lead to greater creativity and innovation; and

2.   To show industry players and service providers outside the region that Greater Richmond possesses not only the physical infrastructure required to maintain a world-class logistical operation here but a wealth of human capital and supporting industries.

Logistics Directory

Greater Richmond Logistics has compiled a directory of major companies engaged in transportation and logistics as a primary business, as well as companies providing services to the logistics sector and a list of local corporations that operate global supply chains.

If you would like your business enterprise to be included in the directory, please submit the following information to jabacon@baconsrebellion.com

Name of organization

Website URL

Brief description (50 to 100 words)

Press Releases

If you would like Greater Richmond Logistics to publish your press releases in the website and quarterly newsletter, please e-mail it in Microsoft Word format to jabacon@baconsrebellion.com.

Subscribe/Unsubscribe

Subscriptions to Greater Richmond Logistics are free.

To subscribe, click here.

We do ask you to fill out a simple form – no telephone numbers or mailing addresses required -- so we can create a profile of our readership. We may share the identity of subscribers with our sponsor, the Greater Richmond Partnership. However, we will not share information with, or sell them to, anyone else.

You can unsubscribe easily at any time. Just click here.

Forward to an Associate

As the transportation/logistics cluster in the Richmond area grows, we all prosper together. Attracting new players to the region:

o        Deepens the talent pool

o        Intensifies support for R&D

o        Lures niche vendors and professional service providers

o        Attracts start-up and venture capital

o        Creates new partnership opportunities, and

o        Increases the civic and political clout of the industry in the community

You can help build the transportation/logistics by forwarding the Greater Richmond Logistics newsletter to friends and associates who might want to keep up with innovations in this field.

By using the “forward to a friend” feature found in your e-mail, rather than using the forward feature in your e-mail reader, you can make sure that the recipient gets a clean, uncorrupted copy.

Even better, urge your friends and associates to subscribe to Greater Richmond Logistics. Did we mention -- it’s free!

Sponsors

The Greater Richmond Partnership provides the funding for this website and the publication of four editions annually of the Greater Richmond Logistics. If you would like to co-sponsor this initiative, you can do so by underwriting the expense of publishing additional editions of the newsletter. For details, contact the publisher at jabacon@baconsrebellion.com.  

About the Publisher

Bacon & Eggheads LC developed Greater Richmond Logistics, administers the website and publishes the electronic newsletter. Bacon & Eggheads also publishes companion newsletters, Greater Richmond Catalyst and Greater Richmond BioSynthesis, as well as blogs and newsletters for other clients.